Q: Is 8,865,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 8,865,740 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 8,865,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 13 20 26 43 52 61 65 86 122 130 169 172 215 244 260 305 338 430 559 610 676 793 845 860 1,118 1,220 1,586 1,690 2,236 2,623 2,795 3,172 3,380 3,965 5,246 5,590 7,267 7,930 10,309 10,492 11,180 13,115 14,534 15,860 20,618 26,230 29,068 34,099 36,335 41,236 51,545 52,460 68,198 72,670 103,090 136,396 145,340 170,495 206,180 340,990 443,287 681,980 886,574 1,773,148 2,216,435 4,432,870 and 8,865,740, with no remainder.

Since 8,865,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 8,865,740, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).